My rating: 7/10
Tags: toxic, childhood friend
I'll start by saying that I like toxic stories, so I already liked the story because of that.
The story is actually interesting and good, but it's kind of an ok read. There are several hooks in the story that could have been explored more in depth to provide better dramatization and a richer plot, but it seems that most authors nowadays are afraid, or maybe they're not encouraged to do so. There are interesting characters that were very poorly used.
Honestly, although I liked the story, there's not much to say that could motivate you to read it... it's a common plot, childhood best friends who develop a relationship, and as I said before, the problems aren't very in-depth so the story stays with this basic plot. From what I saw abroad, the story ended in 2024 and there's no side story. Which is a shame, because it shows practically nothing of them as a couple. And the story ends with almost no resolution, whether between them to be a decent couple, or between Uke and his father. The reason for triggering the final moment for them to finally be together is very poorly done. I feel like the story was chosen as a stopgap so they developed another one and adapted it anyway, I don't know if the novel is like that, but I felt sorry for the author.
About the characters, Seme is a guy completely oblivious to himself. Seme has empathy issues, literally he is a character who should have a psychological diagnosis, of something related to apathy, he is not completely 0 feelings like a psychopath, but he has attachment issues, so this gives Uke a lot of headache, since Seme doesn't understand that he has feelings for Uke.
Uke is a character without attitude, passive and also has problems expressing himself. He will make you nervous for being a wimp.